Work-gage attachment for type-writing machines.



No. 705,527. Patented 1u| .2 2 I902. H. J. HALLE.

WORK GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM JOSEPH HALLE, OF- CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FISHER BOOKTYPEWRITER COMPANY, 0

OF DELAWARE.

F CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION WORK-GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITINGMACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 705,527, dated July 22,1902.

' Application filed December 13.1900. Serial No. 39,720. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM JOSEPH HALLE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Work-GageAttachmentfor Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to type-writing machines, particularly of thatclass including a flat platen upon which the sheet or work is held in aflat or spread-out condition during the printing operation, and hasspecial reference to an improved work-gage associated with the platen toprovide improved means for locating and holding the work in the properprinting position. 7

To this end the present invention contemplates in one form of theinvention a workgage in the form of an attachment separate from theplaten, but designed to be directly associated therewith, for effectingthe registering of the work in the printing position. As the attachmentor gage may be applied either directly to the platen or to an adjacentpart of the machine-support, it is designed to be readily attachable anddetachable, so that the platen may be used with or without the gage,thus permitting of converting the platen from billing and loose-sheetwork to bookwork.

A further object of the invention is to provide a work-gage attachmentinvolving the provision of means for alining the work upon the platenand in some phases of the invention for both holding and alining theworkin the proper printing position.

Another object of the invention is to ,provide a work-gage attachmentespecially useful in connection with bills or other sheets havingfile-holes and in this aspect to also provide for suitable adjustment toconform to the variations in the styles and spacing of these file-holeswhich will be found in different classes of work.

With these and many other objects in view,

which will more readily appear to those fa-' Iniliar with the art as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same'consists in thenovel construction, combination,

and relation of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

The essential features of the invention, involving the provision of anattachable and detachable gage, the location of the gage properorgage-abutment outside of the vertical plane of the adjacent rail orguide, and the adjustability of the gage proper or gageabutment, aresusceptible to a wide range of modification without departing fromthespirit or scope of theinvention; but the preferred embodiments of thelatter are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan View of a type-writingmachine platen, showing one embodiment of theinvention in which the attachment is applied directly to the platen andserves to hold 'the gage orgage-abutment outside of the vertical planeof the adjacent rail or guide. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional Viewon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the position of a sheet or other piece ofwork having file-holes for engagement with the gagepin. Fig. 4. is adetail in perspective of the preferable form of gage attachment shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1, showing amodification in which the gage proper or gage-abutment may be in theform of a single continuous rib or shoulder to provide means solely foralining or 10- cating work, such as sheets having no fileholes. Fig. 6is a cross-sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 isa plan view of a type-writing-machine support or table and a platen,showing another embodiment of the invention in which the attachment maybe fitted to the support or table instead of directly to the platen, asshown in the other forms. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail top and bottom planviews, respectively, of the form of attachment adapted for mountinguponatype-writing-machine support or table, showing one type offastening means for offecting a connection between the attachment andthe support or table. Figs. 10 andll are detail sectional views,respectively, on the lines 10 10 and 11 12 of Fig. 8. v

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

The improvements forming the subjectmatter of this application present adiflerent embodiment of the invention disclosed in the application of C.F. Laganke, field August 20, 1900, Serial No. 28,441. In thatapplication is disclosed the idea of a work-gage arranged to lie in aplane beneath a track or guide, whereas the present applicationcontemplates a work-gage for similar purposes which is designed to belocated wholly without the plane of a rail or guide, whether disposed atthe inner or outer side of such plane that is to say, whether arrangedbetween the rails or outside the same. In this aspect of the invention Idesireit to be understood that it is not limited to making the inventionin the form of a complete attachment exclusively, as this broad idea canbe carried into effect in a work-gage which forms a permanent part ofthe platen. For an example of this see the application of C. F. Laganke,Serial No. 52,221. The presentinvention also contemplates a work-gagefor platens in the form of an attachment which can be readily appliedfor use in connection with the platen or removed when not desired inorder to permit of the ordinary use of the platen for book or otherwork. In addition to these general improvements the invention also hasin view the provision of an adjustable gage capable of being lined upwith perfect trueness with reference to the platen and also comprisingmeans for adapting the same to the variations in the styles of thefile-holes and thespacingthereof. Thisparticularimprovement is alsosusceptible of application to that form of the invention shown in theapplication, Serial No. 52,221, aforesaid.

In the accomplishment of the above-mentioned general objects theinvention may be embodied in a variety of difierent forms, but in all ofthese forms it is necessary to provide an attachment having a gageproper 0r gage-abutment which comprises means for alining and locatingthe bill or other sheet upon the platen. In the preferable forms thegage proper or gage-abutment is intended to be so constructed as tocomprehend both holding and alining means for the Work, such as bills orother sheets having file-holes therein.

Referring first to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4,inclusive, of the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the flat platen ofthe type-writing machine, upon which are designed to be placed the maintrack rails or guides 2, which support the usual traveling printingmechanism and which in some uses of the type-writing machine aredesigned to be lowered flat upon the work to hold the same upon theplaten during the printing operation, this being specially true inbookwork, where the platen is inserted beneath the page to be printedupon and the latter is held to the platen by the rails or guides 2 whenlowered thereon. The form of gage attachment shown in Fig. 1 comprehendsa supporting member 3 in the form of a straight strip adapted to bearranged longitudinally of the platen at one side edge thereof andcarrying at its opposite ends holding-pins 4, adapted to engage with theattaching-brackets 5, which are adj ustably and detachably connected tothe under side of the platen contiguous to one edge thereof through themedium of screws or equivalent fasteners 6, passing through slots 7 inthe brackets and engaging threaded openings formed in the platen, thusproviding a detachable and adjustable connection for said brackets,which not only permits of the same being readily removed and replaced,but also permits of such adjustment as may be necessary for lining upthe gage or otherwise adjusting the same with reference to thecontiguous part of the platen and the adjacent rail or guide 2.

It will of course be understood that any equivalent detachable andadjustable connection maybe resorted to for connecting theattaching-brackets 5 with the platen and that any suitable means may beresorted to for locating and holding the supporting member or strip 3upon the oppositely-arranged brackets 5, inasmuch as the holding-pins 4maybe carried by the brackets instead of by the supporting member orstrip3 or even a screw or other permanent connection between thesupporting member or strip and the brackets utilized without affectingthe nature of the invention as a removable or detachable attachmentdesigned to be associated with the platen.

In carrying out the invention the locating as well as the locating andholding of the work is accomplished through the medium of a gage properor gage-abutment carried by the supporting member or strip 3 of theattachment. This gage proper or gage-abut: ment may be constructed indilferent ways, but in the preferable form thereof-consists of aplurality of alined gage-pins 8, projecting upwardly from the supportingmember or strip 3. Inasmuch as the plurality of gagepins are alined in adirection longitudinally of the platen or in a plane parallel with theplane of the adjacent machine rail or guide 2, the same necessarilyconstitute an abutment against which the bill or sheet may be placed toprovide for alining or locating it upon the platen; but by reason of theprojection of said pins or elements 8 above the supporting member orstrip 3, and consequently above the plane of the platen-surface, thework may not only be engaged at its upper edge against the alined seriesof such pins, so as'to be properly alined or located, but also inhandling the sheets which are provided with file-holes the same may havethese holes engaged directly over the pins to secure a positive holdingthereof as well as the alinement of the same upon the platen. These pins8 may be fitted to the supporting member or strip 3 in any suitablemanner, but are pref erably detaohably and adj ustably connected withsaid supporting member or strip to accommodate the attachment tovariations in the sizes of the file-holes and also to suit the distancesor spaces between the same. Any detachable and adjustable connectionbetween the pins and the supporting member 3 may be resorted to for thispurpose. However, a practical construction is shown in the drawings andconsists in providing the supporting member or strip 3 with alongitudinal slot 9, accommodating for movement therein adjusting-screws 10, passing upward through the slotand engaging threadedsockets or openings 11 in the pins and having their heads seated in achannel 12, milled or otherwise formed longitudinally in the under sideof the supporting member or strip 3, whereby the said heads of thescrews may be seated flush with the under side of the said supportingmember or strip. By loosening the screws 10 the gagepins 8 may be slidto any position within the limits of the slot 9 and held rigid in suchposition by the retightening of the screws. In this connection it'willbe observed that each gage pin is independently adjustable and equippedwith its own fastening means or screw, so as to be readily detachableaswell as adjustable to the desired position. Furthermore, the gage-pins8 may be of any size or shape, as it is apparent that on account of thepins being removable and adjustable the size suited to the work can beselected and set or adjusted to suit the position of the fileholes inthe work to be operated upon. This constitutes one of the advantageousand desirable features of the invention.

As already explained, the gage proper or gage-abutment may consist ofany suitable projection carried by the supporting member or strip 3, andwhile preferably consisting of a plurality of alined pins which providenot only for locating, but also for both locating and alining the work,still such a modification as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 may be resorted to,said modification involving simply the provision of the supportingmember or strip 3 at the upper side thereof with alongitudinally-arranged abutment rib or shoulder 13, against which theedge of the work may be placed before the main rails or guides 2 arelowered thereon.

In the forms of the invention already described--namely, those shown inFigs. 1 to 6, inclusive, of the drawings -it is to be observed that byreason of carrying the gage upon the separate supporting member or strip3, which is to be attached to the platen in a manner to be easilyremoved, the platen can be used for ordinary purposes where the gage maynot be required or desired-such, for instance, as using the platen forinsertion under the page of a book. This is an advantageous feature ofthe invention on account of converting the platen from loose-sheet orbilling work to bookwork.

While the forms described involve the idea of attaching the gage or,rather, the support of the gage proper directly to the platen, the

general objects of the invention may be sub- .the top thereof with frontand rear pairs of slotted catch-plates 15 and 16, respectively, whichare designed to be engaged by the catches of the machine-cover. Thesecatchplates may be utilized in the manner shown in Fig. 7 to receive thefasteners or holders for the supporting member or strip 3 of theattachment. These fasteners or holders may be of any suitable form, butin the construction shown simply consist of holding or fastening studsprojecting from the under side of the supporting member or strip andarranged in spaced relation corresponding to the distance between thefront and rear catchplates 15 and 16. Preferably in the constructionshown a pair of the holding or fastening studs 17 are fitted to thesupporting member or strip 3 contiguous to one end and are arranged intransverse alinement, besides having an adjustable connection 18 withthe supporting member or strip to be adapted to variations in thecatch-plates with reference to the plane of the platen, said pair oftransversely-alined holding or fastening studs 17 being adapted to fitin the longitudinally-disposed slot of the rear catch-plate 16, whilethe reversely-disposed slot of the front catchplate is adapted toreceive a single holding or fastening stud 17 attached to the supportingmember or strip 3 contiguous to its opposite end. The said singleholding or fastening stud 17 is also shown as having an adjustableconnection 19 with the supporting member or strip, so that the strip andthe platen can be lined up with perfect trueness to each other.

In the application of the invention just described it will be understoodthat after the supporting member or strip of the attachment is fittedupon the machine support or table the platen is moved alongside of thesame in order to maintain the same relation thereto as described inconnection with the other forms of the invention. It will be observed,however, with reference to the modification shown in Fig. 7 that themeans described for mounting the attachment are simply illustrative ofone way of accomplishing this result as any equivalent means could beutilized just so long as provision is made for detachably mounting thesupporting member or v strip and also providing for a sufficient ad justment thereof, independent of the adj ustment of the gage pins orabutment, to admit of the proper lining up of the gage-abutment withrelation to the platen.

It has already been clearly pointed out that the present inventioncontemplates the arrangement of the gage proper or gage-abutment withoutthe plane of a machine rail or guide, and while in the forms shown thegage proper or gage-abutment is illustrated in a position on the outsideof the adjacent rail or guide, still it will be obvious without furtherillustration that the same could be disposed between the rails or guidesand still subserve the novel functions herein set forth. I wish itunderstood that by the expression without the plane of a track or guideembodied in the claims I desire to comprehend both constructions.

At this point attention may be called to the fact that in both of theillustrated embodiments of the invention the gage proper orgage-abutment has a support distinct from the platen, although suchdistinct support is in some instances secured to the platen while inothers it is secured to the table. I therefore desire the phrasedistinct from the platen as applied to the gage-support to mean anysupport distinct from or other than the platen whether such distinctsupport is secured to the platen or not. Attention is also called to thefact that in the illustrated embodiments of the invention a track orguide and the work-gage are cooperatively related to hold and aline thework-that is to say, each of these members serves to retain the work inits proper relation with respect to the other member. The track or guideengages the work to hold it down upon the gage, and the gage in turn byfitting into or interlocking with the work-sheet serves to aline thelatter in proper position to be clamped upon the platen by the track. Itis therefore evident that the track and gage cooperate to hold and alinethe work whether or not said members are arranged for direct cooperationor engagement. The term interlocking engagement employed in the claimsis intended to distinguish my device from gages which serve merely as anabutment and which therefore only limit the movement of the work-sheetin a given direction. The interlocking or interfitting of my work-gagewith the binding-holes in the margin of the work-sheet serves, on thecontrary, to prevent the shifting of the sheet in any horizontaldirection, so that it is retained accurately in the printing positionand is clamped against the writing-surface by the main track or guide.

While in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings the workage acts solely as anabutment for the work, in the other forms the pins maybe used either tohold the work, to aline the work, or to bot-h aline and hold, as theoperator may require. Therefore the terms work-gage and gage-abutmentare to be understood as comprehending any form of gage which may serveto position the work, either by an interlocking engagement therewith orby serving as an abutment only for the edge of the work-sheet andirrespective of whether said abutment is formed by a continuous strip orby a series of pins or projections. The term work-gage attachment isdesigned to comprehend a device for either temporary or permanentattachment to the platen or to an adjacent part and including a gageproper and a supporting member. Therefore it should also be understoodthat while in the present embodiment of the invention the lateraladjustment of the workgage is eifected by the adjustment of theattachment as a whole the expression a workgage adjustable bothlaterally and longitudinally of the platen is intended to comprehend awork-gage or gage-abutment which may be shifted both laterally andlongitudinally whether said gage-abutment is adjusted in one or bothdirections upon its supporting member or whether the supporting memberis so adjusted to eifect the positioning of the gage.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, use, and manyadvantages of the herein-described work registering gage will be readilyapparent to those familiar with the art without further description, andit will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a fiat platen and themain tracks or guides for the traveling printing mechanism, of anadjustable work-gage disconnected from but cooperating with a track orguide to aline and hold the work.

2. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a flat platen and themain tracks or guides for the traveling printing mechanism, of awork-gage adjustable longitudinally of the platen and disposed tocooperate with a track or guide to aline and hold the work.

3. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a flat platen and themain tracks or guides for the traveling machine, of a workgagecomprisinga plurality of independ entlyadjustable gage members designedto be adjusted to register with the file-holes in a worksheet or bill toretain said sheet or bill in the printing position.

4. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, andthe machine rails or guides, of awork-gage arranged to lie outside ofthe vertical plane of a track or guide and adjustable to differentpositions to accommodate different work-sheets.

5. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, andthe movable of the vertical plane of a machine rail or main tracks orguides for the traveling printing mechanism, of a work-gage arranged tolie in a plane at one side of a track or guide, said track or guide andsaid work-gage being disposed to cooperate to hold and aline the work.

6. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen and themovable tracks or guides for the traveling printing mechan ism, of aWork-gage arranged to lie outside of a track or guide and to aline awork-sheet held by said track or guide.

7. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, and therails or guides for the traveling printing mechanism, of a work-gagehaving a support distinct from the platen and arranged to lie outside ofthe vertical plane of a rail or guide.

8. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, and therails or guides disposed thereon for the traveling printing mechanism,of a work-registering gage attachment havinga gage proper orgage-abutment located outside of the vertical plane of a rail. or guideand independent of the latter.

9. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen, andthe tracks or guides for the traveling printing mechanism, of awork-registering gage attachment having a gage proper arrangedlongitudinally of the platen, at one edge thereof and outside of thevertical plane of a track or guide, the gage proper and a track or guidebeing disposed in cooperative relation to aline and hold a work-sheet.

10. In a type-Writing machine, the combi nation with the flat platen,and the rails or guides disposed thereon for the traveling printingmechanism, of a gage attachment arranged longitudinally of the platen atone edge thereof, and having a gage properor gage-abutment locatedoutside of the vertical plane of a rail or guide for interlockingengagement with a work-sheet.

11. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the platen, and themachine rails or guides arranged thereover, of a work-gage detachablysupported by the platen outside guide, and arranged to prevent theshifting of the work-sheet in any horizontal direction.

12. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen and themachine rails or guides arranged thereover, of a work-gage detachablyand adjustably supported by the platen outside of the vertical plane ofa machine rail or guide, and cooperating therewith.

13. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the platen, of awork-gage detachably attached to the platen and arranged longitudinallyat one side edge thereof, outside of a machine rail or guide, anddisposed to cooperate therewith to aline and hold the work.

14. In a type-writing machine, the combil nation with the flat platenand the rails or guides, of a work-gage attachment detachably andadjustably fitted to the platen at one side thereof, and provided with agage proper or gage-abutment located outside of a rail or guide andarranged to haveinterlocking engagement with the work.

15. The combination with a type-writingmachine platen, and the rails orguides, of a supporting member distinct from the platen and having agage or gage-abutment lying in a plane outside of the vertical plane ofa rail or guide and arranged for interlocking engagement with the workto prevent the shifting of the latter in any horizontal direction.

16. A work-gage for type-writing machines comprising an adjustableelement or elements arranged outside of the vertical plane of a machinerail or guide to have interlocking engagement with a work-sheet.

17. A work-gage attachment for type-Writing machines arranged to lieoutside of the vertical plane of a machine rail or guide and adjacent toone longitudinal edge of the platen, said gage attachment comprising asupporting member distinct from the platen, and an adjustable gageproper or gage-abutment carried by said member and arranged to engagethe work-sheet to prevent the shifting thereof in any horizontaldirection.

18. A work-gage for type-writing machines arranged to lie without theplane of a machine rail or guide, said gage comprising a plurality ofadjustable projections.

19. A work-gage attachment for type-Writing machines arranged to lieoutside of the vertical plane of a machine rail or guide, said gageattachment comprising a supporting member, and a plurality of alinedpins detachably carried by said member.

20. A work-gage attachment for type-writing machines arranged to lieoutside of the vertical plane of a machine rail or guide, saidattachment comprising a supporting member, and a plurality of alinedpins detachably and adjustably carried by said member.

21. A work-gage attachment for type-Writing machines arranged to lieoutside of the vertical plane of a machine rail or guide, saidattachment comprising a supporting member having a longitudinal guide orslot, a plurality of detachable and adjustable pins, and fastening meansextending from said guide or slot and engaging with the pin.

22. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the platen, and therails or guides, of a supporting member detachably fitted to the platenat one side edge, and a plurality of alined pins adjustablelongitudinally of said supporting member and detachably fitted thereto.

23. In a type-writing machine, the combi nation with the flat platen,and the rails or guides, of a separate and complete Work-gage attachmentfor the platen, arranged to lie outside of the vertical plane of a trackor IIO guide and comprising a work-gage cooperating with a track orguide to aline and hold the Work.

24. A work-gage attachment for type-writing machines arranged to lieoutside of the vertical plane of a machine rail or guide and comprisinga supporting member, and a plurality of alined pins adjustablelongitudinally of said supporting member in parallelism with the saidrail or guide.

25. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, andthe machine rails or guides, of a work-gage arranged to lie outside ofthe vertical plane of a track or guide, and comprisinga holding-pin toengage the work.

26. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, andthe machine rails or guides, of a work-gage arranged to lie outside ofthe vertical plane of a track or guide, and comprising an adjustableholdingpin to engage the work.

27. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen, andthe machine rails or guides, of a Work-gage arranged to lie outside ofthe vertical plane of a track or guide, and comprising an adjustableholdingpinto engage the work, said pin being adjustable in the directionof the length of the track or guide.

28. In a type-Writing machine, the combination with the fiat platen andthe main tracks or guides, of a work-gage disposed outside of thevertical plane of a track or guide and adjustable both laterally andlongitudinally of the platen.

29. In a type-writing machine, the combination with the flat platen andthetracks or guides for the traveling machine, of a workgage attachmentcomprising a supporting member adjustable laterally, and gage-pinsadjustable longitudinally along said member.

30. In a type-writing machine, the combination with a platen, and themain tracks or guides, of a work-gage attachment comprising a supportand a plurality of gage-pins, the latter being located outside of thevertical plane of a track or guide to engage the work.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM JOSEPH HALLE.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT E. FEIHL, A. R. WARNER.

